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Grants List

From 2006-2008, the Education Program managed more than $13 million for quality-enhancement activities. The current grants detailed below often reflect multi-year commitments.

 
Public Policy
 
Latino Policy Forum, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For broadening and extending impact of public policy work in early childhood education on behalf of Latino children
Effective: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2010


Latino Policy Forum, Chicago, IL

$130,000
For support of public policy and advocacy work
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago, IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$550,000
For continued support of public policy and advocacy efforts
Effective: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2012


Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago, IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 6/30/2010


Ounce of Prevention Fund, Chicago, IL
www.ounceofprevention.org/
$900,000
For a one-time, capacity-building grant to increase, intensify and expand Ounce of Prevention Fund's leadership, impact and reach to improve the odds for young children living in poverty in Illinois
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2010


Illinois Action for Children, Chicago, IL
www.daycareaction.org
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Illinois Action for Children, Chicago, IL
www.daycareaction.org
$550,000
For continued support of public policy and advocacy work
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2012


Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago, IL
www.voices4kids.org
$500,000
For general operating support
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Fight Crime: Invest in Kids Illinois, Chicago, IL
www.fightcrime.org
$180,000
For support of public policy and public awareness regarding the benefits of quality early care and education
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2011


Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families, Silver Spring, MD
www.gcyf.org
$50,000
For continuing the systems-building efforts of the BUILD initiative
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For expansion of low-income families' access to quality childcare and early education programs
Effective: 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010


Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Chicago, IL

$80,000
For support of continuing work to expand low-income families' access to quality early care and education programs
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Birth to Five Policy Alliance, Leawood, KS

$250,000
For a series of activities designed to maintain policies and practices necessary for quality early childhood systems
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


National Public Education Support Fund, Washington, DC

$20,000
For strengthening communication and collaboration among foundations on federal issues and to help funders stay current on key policy opportunities in education
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Advance Illinois, Chicago, IL

$300,000
For support of Advance Illinois, a public policy advocacy group for the betterment of education in Illinois
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Advance Illinois, Chicago, IL

$150,000
For general operating support of the early care and education focus within a broad agenda of policy advancement and best practices in education
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, Normal, IL

$218,000
For support of policies and programs that will better connect early education and K-12 leaders in order to help create a seamless educational continuum
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 7/31/2010


Rutgers University Foundation, New Brunswick, NJ

$300,000
For conducting a study examining the components of an effective preschool education system
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Total Current Grants: $5,278,000
 
Building Quality Infrastructure
 
National-Louis University, Wheeling, IL
www.nl.edu/cecl
$500,000
For general operating support for the McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership's Policy and Research Initiative
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2012


Zero to Three, Washington, DC
www.zerotothree.org
$400,000
For the development and pilot-testing of training programs - - both web-based and traditional - - for service providers who work with National Guard and Reserve children and families
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2011


University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

$695,000
For development of an early care and education module to be added to the University of Illinois at Chicago Principal Preparation Program
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

$500,000
For the redesign of the University of Illinois (UIC) Principal Preparation Program to include early childhood
Effective: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2012


Lifelink Corporation, Bensenville, IL

$300,000
For the start-up of Educare West DuPage, a state-of-the-art early childhood center serving children at risk of academic failure in the DuPage suburbs
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC
www.naeyc.org
$50,000
For the development of a statewide Early Childhood Workforce System in Illinois that will link to a national workforce development network
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Women's Business Development Center, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For the Child Care Business Initiative and the Eleventh Annual Business Exposition
Effective: 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010


Women's Business Development Center, Chicago, IL

$75,000
For support of the Childcare Business Program and the Eleventh Annual Childcare Business Exposition
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, Chicago, IL

$50,000
For support of a professional development model that advances student achievement in eight public schools with high populations of Latino students
Effective: 12/1/2009 - 11/30/2010


Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.colum.edu
$600,000
For a professional development initiative that will target mid-level management in ten community-based agencies
Effective: 9/1/2008 - 2/28/2010


Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.colum.edu
$400,000
For the Reflective Learning in Action Project Model
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2012


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$450,000
For a study on current practices and policies that support dual language learners in Chicago Public Schools preschool programs
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2012


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$1,000,000
For support of Erikson's capital campaign, "Fulfilling the Promise: The Campaign for Erikson"
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$50,000
For support of the work of the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Committee to be convened by the Illinois State Board of Education
Effective: 12/1/2009 - 11/30/2010


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$480,000
For support of the Illinois Early Childhood Teaching Certification and Teacher Preparation Program
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 10/31/2010


Erikson Institute, Chicago, IL
www.erikson.edu
$500,000
For support of a Math Training Initiative for early childhood classrooms
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2011


Illinois Action for Children, Chicago, IL
www.daycareaction.org
$450,000
For support of capacity-building
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2011


Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores, Highland Park, IL

$80,000
For support of the Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards and the Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Teachers
Effective: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2010


Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, Bloomington, IL
www.inccrra.org
$500,000
For development and support of statewide professional development systems
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2012


Illinois Network of Child Care Resource & Referral Agencies, Bloomington, IL
www.inccrra.org
$500,000
For improvement and standardization of professional development for practitioners in the field of early care and education
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.meddean.luc.edu/
$420,000
For continued support and expanded work on the McCormick Foundation's Initiative for the Professional Development of Childcare Educators
Effective: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2012


Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.meddean.luc.edu/
$550,000
For continued support of the McCormick Foundation's Initiative for the Professional Development of Childcare Educators
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


Chicago Children's Museum, Chicago, IL
www.chicagochildrensmuseum.org
$50,000
For general operating expenses for early childhood programming
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 10/31/2010


Voices for Illinois Children, Chicago, IL
www.voices4kids.org
$25,000
For a statewide assessment of Illinois' home visiting capacities and needs
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Kohl Children's Museum, Glenview, IL
www.kohlchildrensmuseum.org
$225,000
For support of Early Childhood Connections, an outreach program for low-income students and their teachers, and to support the 2009 Project Approach Summer Institute
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2011


The Urban Institute , Washington, DC

$250,000
For investigation of issues that limit the participation of non-Latino immigrant communities in Preschool for All programs in Chicago
Effective: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2011


Centers For New Horizons, Inc., Chicago, IL
www.cnh.org
$300,000
For support of a two-year program that uses the Substitute Teacher Program in resource-poor, early care and education agencies with the goal of increasing staff credentials and helping them meet the requirements of new state programs
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 12/31/2010


DuPage Children's Museum, Naperville, IL
www.dupagechildrensmuseum.org
$75,000
For maintaining and expanding parent support and professional development activities within early childhood programming
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2010


Evanston Community Foundation, Evanston, IL

$50,000
For continuation of the Illinois Early Childhood Fellowship (The Fellowship)
Effective: 4/1/2010 - 3/31/2011


Chicago Metropolis 2020, Chicago, IL
www.chicagometropolis2020.org
$8,000
For a strategic planning process that will empower the advocacy efforts of the many early childhood organizations in Illinois
Effective: 11/1/2009 - 1/31/2010


Chicago Metropolis 2020, Chicago, IL
www.chicagometropolis2020.org
$20,000
For establishing, managing and staffing a Technical Advisory Committee to the Illinois Early Childhood Assessment Map (IECAM) to ensure its data analysis expertise
Effective: 12/1/2009 - 11/30/2010


Teach For America, Chicago, IL
www.teachforamerica.org
$100,000
For support of a cohort of preschool teachers who are placed in early childhood programs in Chicago
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2010


Teach For America, Chicago, IL
www.teachforamerica.org
$130,000
For support of a cohort of preschool teachers placed in early childhood programs in Chicago
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Big Shoulders Fund, Chicago, IL
www.bgshldersfund.org
$240,000
For a network of early childhood educators to provide quality programs in schools supported by Big Shoulders Fund
Effective: 6/1/2009 - 5/31/2011


Strategic Learning Initiatives, Chicago, IL

$40,000
For continued support of the Early Childhood Parent Engagement Program in two Chicago Public School elementary schools
Effective: 9/1/2009 - 8/31/2010


The Chicago Community Foundation, Chicago, IL
www.cct.org
$20,000
For a pooled fund to support development of the Illinois Race to the Top application to the U.S. Department of Education
Effective: 12/1/2009 - 11/30/2010


City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.ccc.edu
$85,000
For strengthening City College of Chicago's associate's degree curriculum and increasing the quality of its early childhood lab centers
Effective: 7/1/2010 - 6/30/2011


City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, IL
www.ccc.edu
$400,000
For building on and strengthening the MTF-supported Child Development Studies Initiative
Effective: 6/1/2007 - 6/30/2010


MDRC, New York, NY

$123,000
For continued support for analysis and dissemination of findings from the Foundations of Learning Project in Illinois
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Positive Parenting DuPage, Villa Park, IL

$241,000
For the first phase of developing early learning guidelines for the birth-to-three age period
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2012


The Board of Trustees of Illinois State University, Normal, IL

$360,000
For a best practices study and training to strengthen connections between early learning and K-12 education
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2012


Third Sector New England, Boston, MA

$18,915
For continuing the systems-building efforts of the BUILD initiative
Effective: 7/1/2010 - 10/31/2010


University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

$40,000
For the evaluation of a citywide initiative to provide services to homeless children and their families
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 5/31/2011


Total Current Grants: $11,400,915
 
Public Awareness
 
Community Renewal Society, Chicago, IL
www.chicagoreporter.com
$25,000
For publication of a special edition of Catalyst in Depth focusing on the challenges of serving hard-to-reach families under Preschool for All
Effective: 4/1/2009 - 3/31/2010


Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores, Highland Park, IL

$5,000
For supplemental support of the 2011 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards and to provide a $1,000 award to each of the winners' schools or centers
Effective: 8/1/2010 - 7/31/2011


Kohl Education Foundation, The Dolores, Highland Park, IL

$83,000
For support of the 2011 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Awards and the Kohl McCormick Academy of Outstanding Teachers
Effective: 6/30/2010 - 6/29/2011


University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
www.ihd.berkeley.edu
$300,000
For use of existing research to improve the understanding of Latino children and families and how they can be better served by our early childhood system
Effective: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2011


University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

$495,000
For support of a strategic communications program that will brand, disseminate and leverage research and recommendations of Nobel-prize winner James Heckman and the Consortium on Early Childhood Development
Effective: 6/1/2008 - 5/31/2010


University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

$209,000
For continued support of communicating Professor James Heckman's research and to shape and adapt communications strategies and resources for state-specific use in Illinois
Effective: 6/1/2010 - 6/30/2011


Total Current Grants: $1,117,000